filho
See also: filhó
Galician
Mirandese
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- fío (eye dialect, Caipira)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese fillo (“son”), from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Old Latin fīlios (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Compare Galician fillo and Spanish hijo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʎu/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfij/, /ˈfi.jʷ/
- Rhymes: -iʎu
- Homophone: filo (Madeira)
- Hyphenation: fi‧lho
Audio (Portugal) (file)
Usage notes
Usually used in reference to humans, while the offspring of an animal is more often called filhote.
Synonyms
- (offspring): rebento
- (used to address a younger male): (meu filho), rapaz, jovem
- (descendant): descendente
Derived terms
- filhão (augmentative)
- filhinho (diminutive)
- filho da mãe
- filho da puta
- filho de Deus
- filho de santo
- meu filho
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